Duke 2006

From 2006.igem.org

Contents 1 Duke iGEM Fellows 2006 2 Application 3 Support 4 Schedule 5 Potential Projects 6 Student Participants and Contact Emails 6.1 Potential Teams and Students 6.2 Student Coordinators 7 Faculty/Staff Participants and Contact Emails 7.1 Advisers 7.2 Organizers 7.3 Summer Seminar Speakers 7.4 Links

Duke iGEM Fellows 2006

All pre-graduate level students wishing to join the Duke iGEM Team must first apply and be accepted into the Duke iGEM Fellows Program. This program will require a commitment to brainstorming and preliminary research/training this spring, intensive research this summer (May 18-August 12), and participation in the 2006 iGEM jamboree at MIT in the fall.

Application

The Duke iGEM Fellows 2006 competitive application process begins December 16, 2005 and ends January 16, 2006.

Current Duke undergraduate students are eligible to enter the process by emailing igem2006@duke.edu with the following:

• Name
• NetID
• Year
• Major(s) and minor(s)
• C.V. (as .pdf or .doc attachment)
• Course/labwork undertaken that is applicable to iGEM.
• 300 words or less on what you hope to gain from a Duke iGEM experience.
• 300 words or less on what you hope to contribute to a Duke iGEM team (computational, experimental, etc.).
• External funding for which you plan to apply/have applied and when you expect a response.

Joining a team will depend on the number of applications received and commitment to the iGEM schedule. The organizers will begin contacting students from the applications received by mid-January 2006 with further information. Given the tentative schedule below, applications may be greatly improved by seeking out external funding support and accommodations for summer 2006.

Faculty, post-docs, and graduate students are highly encouraged to participate as advisers to the undergraduate teams and, should they desire, contribute independently through a "Free Style" category as well. Please contact the organizers below for further details.

Support

Duke iGEM may or may not directly provide student funding. However external support is available.

• At least 5 stipends for Duke iGEM Fellows will be offered to engineering majors through the [http://www.pratt.duke.edu/academics/undergrad_fellows.php Pratt Research Fellows Program]
• Freshman are encouraged to apply to the [http://www.aas.duke.edu/trinity/resfel/ Howard Hughes Research Fellows Program]
• Sophomores and Juniors are encouraged to apply to the [http://www.aas.duke.edu/trinity/research/sscholar/ Howard Hughes Summer Scholars Program]
• Sophomores and Juniors who have completed at least one biological science course are also encouraged to apply to the [http://www.genome.duke.edu/edexchange/programs/summerfellowships Duke IGSP Summer Fellowships in Genome Sciences and Policy]
• Students not receiving stipends from Duke iGEM or through external funding will be eligible for 2 credits independent study in BME (or relevant department) and a half credit through the summer seminar series. Please note that stipends and course credit are mutually exclusive.

Schedule

• • Spring 2006 - workshops, recruitment of teams, potential ideas brainstorming and training.
    
  • Summer 2006 - seminar series, project development, implementation, and an intra-Duke jamboree.
    
  • Fall 2006 - Duke teams at intercollegiate jamboree.

Potential Projects

• Human Encryption

Student Participants and Contact Emails

Potential Teams and Students

• [http://www.pgct.org/iGEM/ Team PGCT]: Austen Heinz austen.heinz@duke.edu, Mark Johnson mark.e.johnson@duke.edu, Emmett Nicholas emmett.nicholas@duke.edu, Keddy Chandran keddy.chandran@duke.edu
• [http://team_TEAMNAME2_website Team TEAMNAME2]: STUDENT5 email_STUDENT5, STUDENT6 email_STUDENT6, STUDENT7 email_STUDENT7, STUDENT8 email_STUDENT8
• [http://team_TEAMNAME3_website Team TEAMNAME3]: STUDENT9 email_STUDENT9, STUDENT10 email_STUDENT10, STUDENT11 email_STUDENT11, STUDENT12 email_STUDENT12
• [http://team_TEAMNAME4_website Team TEAMNAME4]: STUDENT13 email_STUDENT13, STUDENT14 email_STUDENT14, STUDENT15 email_STUDENT15, STUDENT16 email_STUDENT16

Student Coordinators

• Austen Heinz austen.heinz@duke.edu
• Mark Johnson mark.e.johnson@duke.edu
• Emmett Nicholas emmett.nicholas@duke.edu
• Keddy Chandran keddy.chandran@duke.edu

Faculty/Staff Participants and Contact Emails

Advisers

• [http://www.bme.duke.edu/faculty/tian/index.php Jingdong Tian] jtian@duke.edu
• [http://www.bme.duke.edu/faculty/you/index.php Lingchong You] you@duke.edu
• [http://www.bme.duke.edu/faculty/yuan/index.php Fan Yuan] fyuan@duke.edu
• [http://www.duke.edu/~fr7 Faisal Reza] faisal.reza@duke.edu

Organizers

• [http://www.bme.duke.edu/faculty/tian/index.php Jingdong Tian] jtian@duke.edu
• [http://www.bme.duke.edu/faculty/yuan/index.php Fan Yuan] fyuan@duke.edu
• [http://www.duke.edu/~fr7 Faisal Reza] faisal.reza@duke.edu

Summer Seminar Speakers

• [http://www.genome.duke.edu/people/faculty/cookdeegan Bob Cook-Deegan]

Available May 18-June 1

Links

• [http://syntheticbiology.org/ syntheticbiology.org]
• [http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses/archive.php?seriesid=1906978261 Get Inspired! webcasts on synthetic biology]